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Over the past week, millions around the world have been consumed with a sudden need to catch 'em all. 'Em, of course, refers to the sometimes cute, sometimes disturbing creatures, known as Pokemon, which have begun popping up everywhere following the release of the smartphone app “Pokemon Go” last Wednesday.
The game, developed by Niantic, Inc., uses augemented reality technology to generate…
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Just a few months after Target announced its controversial policy regarding transgender individuals using their stores' bathrooms, a transgender person was arrested for photographing women in a Target in Ammon, Idaho on Tuesday.
The Bonneville Country Sheriff's Office released this statement to KPVI:
On July 11th, 2016 the Bonneville County Sheriff's Office responded to the Ammon Target…
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Isaiah Crowell, a running back on the Cleveland Browns, stated Wednesday he will make amends for a controversial Instagram post last week by donating his first game check to the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation.
Following the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, but before the shootings of police in Dallas, Crowell posted to Instagram a graphic image of a hooded figure…
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Controversy struck the MLB All-Star Game Wednesday night during the singing of the national anthem of Canada, "O Canada," when a member of the vocal quartet The Tenors changed the lyrics of the song to include the phrase "All Lives Matter."
During his solo, Remigo Pereira, a co-founder of the musical group, held up a sign reading "All Lives Matter" and singing "We're all brothers and sisters,…
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The US Capitol was placed under lockdown Tuesday afternoon, but the "all clear" has since been given.
According to reports, authorities were pursuing a tip that someone outside of the building was carrying a weapon.
New York congressman Charles Rangel tweeted out that several members of Congress had taken shelter on the House floor:
Lockdown @uscapitol. Currently on the House floor with…
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Undoubtedly in an attempt to capitalize on the success of ABC's "The Bachelor," the LGBT-themed cable network Logo has greenlit a gay dating show called "Finding Prince Charming," which will premiere this fall.
Logo made the announcement on its website Tuesday morning:
Love is in the air—and on the airwaves—as Logo announces its new reality dating competition series, Finding Prince Charming…
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Kalyn Chapman James, the first black woman to be crowned Miss Alabama, took to Facebook on Sunday to voice her feelings on the shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota and Dallas last week.
In the video that quickly went viral, an emotional James discussed her lack of sorrow for the police officers murdered by Micah Johnson in Dallas at a Black Lives Matter protest:
I don't want to feel this…
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Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani made some provocative statements on race and the media during his appearance on CBS' Face the Nation Sunday, including calling the Black Lives Matter movement "inherently racist."
After voicing his sympathy for the victims of the shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota, and Dallas over the past week, Giuliani discussed the need for understanding between the…
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Update (4:30 p.m.): A press conference inlcuding Ballwin police chief Kevin Scott and St. Louis County police chief Jon Belmar has revealed further details about the police shooting in Missouri on Friday.
Scott said the officer stopped the suspect for what he believed to be a speeding violation. After speaking briefly with the suspect, the officer was returning to his car when the suspect…
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George Takei, the openly gay actor who played Hikaru Sulu on the original Star Trek series, voiced his disapproval to the announcement that the character will come out as gay in the latest entry of the popular sci-fi franchise, Star Trek Beyond.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday, Takei asserted that the decision was a regrettable mishandling of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's…